Why a weak dose of fertilizer? Because I read on this forum about the "weekly weakly" thing. I had also already fertlized with Jobe's Organic but it is the kind you just sprinkle around the base of the tree and water in, I was afraid the tree might need something a bit more direct until that had a chance to soak in. The fertilizer i just used is 8-7-6. What formula? The fertilizer i just used is 8-7-6. When did you last fertilize? Yesterday How often do you fertilize? Haven't been since I got the tree a few months ago, just started with the Jobe's about three weeks ago, then the 8-7-6 liquid yesterday. What kind of soil is it in? gritty mix How much light does it receive? in a sunroom with S/SE exposure Could the aphids be causing this? I've been spraying with neem.

Donna, I could get in a lot of trouble saying this but if you are SURE they are not getting fed and they will be goners. 1. call a rehabber, any rehabber, anywhere, get help from a phone call. 2. get wax worms and feed those babies yourself. Try to feed them while they are still in the nest in the box. Skeuwer the worm on a hot dog stick or something you can poke in the box. If they dont eat...well I have been known to bring the whole nest inside and hand feed babies with tweesers, then replace the nest babies and all. You MUST be sure this is a last resort. You have been here over a year and you have been great about learning and helping. Just remember I have been here 7 years and I still panic. OBSERVE as closly as you can. Be SURE they are not getting fed before you act. I watched 3 baby TRES die last year because I did not act on what I thought the 1 remaining parent had under controll (Im sure you remember). I know it was Natures way but it still haunts me to this day that I did nothing. I didn't know they were starving before my eyes, I didn't think the parent would let that happen. Yup prolly against the law, oh well the bird police have only come to my door once and thats when I called them to come put a turkey down that had avian pox. by the time they got here (6 days after I called) the turkey had already suffered a sad death. If you are SURE it's do or die, I say do.

You want a fire for looks only? You're not looking at heating your home with it? Then a prefab will do the trick quite nicely. And why not have a gas log set too? That way it won't get 'too hot' and you'll have the looks of a real fireplace without the cost and hassle of a masonry unit. A real fireplace is actually a heat loser. More household heat will go up the chimney in a fireplace than a stove. So having a gas unit with doors on it should suit you just fine.

Plants can be amazingly resilient; do give these a chance. If leaves are badly damaged, as in your fifth photo, go ahead and remove and destroy (don't compost) them, as they probably don't have enough chlorophyll-containing tissue to contribute to the upkeep of the plant. However, there is no need to remove the leaves if they still have a lot of undamaged tissue - just squish the borers inside the tunnels in the leaves; you might even be able to see them if you look closely. I know, yuk, but it's them or your zukes! Besides, that's what garden gloves are for, and they're inside the leaves anyway. I trust you made drainage holes in the bottom of that bucket; if not, you need to do that now. Be careful with the Epsom salt; don't over-do. The only yellowing I see in your photos is on heavily infested leaves, and may be a by-product of that infestation. On another social media site, someone shared a site with multiple charts illustrating how plants exhibit nutrient deficiencies. I'm posting it below in case Prof. Google hasn't already shared this one with you. (By the way, I've not had a chance tor review this yet myself.) http://bigpictureagriculture.blogspot.com/2015/12/plant-nutrient-deficiency-leaf.html Looking forward to more photos and wishing you the best of luck ... I've not even planted my zuke seeds yet! Heeled in some tomato plants in that spot and they appear to have taken over.